Picture No | 10511429 |
Date | C.1837 |
Description | Jack Rattenbury, smuggler |
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Jack or John Rattenbury (1778 - 1844), nicknamed the Rob Roy of the West. Born in Beer, Devonshire, Rattenbury was in turn privateer, fisherman, pressed sailor in the Navy, and smuggler. He is credited with writing The Memoirs of a Smuggler, published in Sidmouth in 1837.
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Source | Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, 20th September 1924, p 542 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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